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Georgia election officials say they\u2019ve been asked to look into concerns by a group representing Asian Americans that hundreds of new voters are facing obstacles that could keep them from voting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atlanta-based Asian American Legal Advocacy Center requested the review on Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.<\/p>\n

Many of the voters are newly naturalized American citizens in Georgia who want to cast their first ballots in a U.S. election, officials with the group said.<\/p>\n

The group maintains that some of the voters are missing from voting rolls, and that their registrations have apparently not been processed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The secretary of state has received the request for intervention from the organization, said Jared Thomas, a spokesman for the Secretary of State\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny allegations like this we take very seriously,\u201d Thomas said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear whether all Georgia counties met a state deadline late last week to process registration applications, the Journal-Constitution reported.<\/p>\n

The registration process is necessary to get a voter onto state rolls, allowing elections officials to confirm they can vote.<\/strong> A second issue involves voters who got flagged in the application process or while trying to vote, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are people who want to vote,\u201d <\/strong>said Helen Kim Ho, executive director of the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center. \u201cThere seems to be a lack of commitment in getting new people and new citizens through the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative of the secretary of state\u2019s office was not immediately available for comment on the issue Thursday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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